Whitesides Chartered Accountants

20/10/2026

🥖 Bread Week delivered the goods! 🥖

After Molly's exit from GBBO, Daniel was tasked with recreating Bread Week for the Whitesides Cup.🏆

He certainly wasn't loafing around, producing a delicious focaccia and a bonus batch of fruit scones for the office to enjoy.

Another contestant gone, another baker challenged, and another excuse for us all to eat far too many carbs. 🍞😂

15/10/2026

🍰Week 2 of the Whitesides Great British Bake Off Challenge! 🍰

With Shannon leaving the tent, Charlotte stepped up this week with a delicious lemon drizzle cake.🍋

As always, the judges made the ultimate sacrifice and sampled generous portions in the interest of fairness and accuracy. 🍰👀

The Whitesides Cup battle is starting to heat up, our waistlines are starting to expand, and the pressure is on for the next baker.

The only question now is... who'll be leaving leaving the tent next? 🎂🏆😆

12/10/2026

We swapped spreadsheets for scorecards on Saturday night at the Quingo event at Cookridge Village Hall! 📊➡️🎲

The evening included:
✅ A joint 5th place quiz finish (we'll take it!)
✅ Russell winning a round of bingo
✅ A fantastic fish and chip supper
✅ Plenty of laughs along the way

A huge thank you to everyone involved in organising the event. It's always nice to support local community initiatives, and we're already looking forward to the next one. Hopefully we'll see even more faces there next time... and maybe improve on 5th place! 😉

09/10/2026

Picasso, eat your heart out… 🎨🍷

Our latest Whitesides Cup challenge was Paint & Sip, with everyone painting their very own coaster!

One was officially crowned the winner 🏆 but can you spot which one? 👀

Drop your guess below! 👇🎨

08/10/2026

Ready, set... BAKE! 🍪🏆

Our Great British Bake Off Challenge 2026 is underway, but this year there’s a twist! Every bake counts towards the Whitesides Cup, meaning there’s more than just baking glory on the line. There are precious team points up for grabs too! 👀

With Danni the first to leave the show, Sophie was handed the first challenge: cookies.

She treated us to:
🍪 Spiced white choc chip cookies stuffed with Biscoff
AND
🍪 Gluten-free triple choc cookies stuffed with marshmallow fluff

Not a bad way to kick things off! 🤤

Sophie has well and truly thrown down the gauntlet and set the bar VERY high for the rest of the bakers!

At this rate, by the end of the competition there’ll be two winners: the Whitesides Cup champions and whoever can still fasten their trousers. 😂🏆🍪

But the big question is... who will be next to leave the tent, and which Whitesides baker will be stepping up to the challenge? 👀🎂

08/10/2026

What better way to say goodbye than with a pub quiz?! 🍻🤓

At the end of August, we gave Reece a proper send-off before he headed off on his travels around Asia 🌏✈️. Once he’s finished adventuring, he’ll be swapping us for life in Manchester!

Wishing you the best time, Reece. Enjoy every minute and don’t forget to send us some photos! 📸🍹

01/10/2026

We're open as normal today ✅

Following yesterday's police road closure in Horsforth, we're pleased to confirm that our office is open as usual today.

Thank you to everyone for your patience and understanding, and our thoughts are with anyone affected.

If you had an appointment that was disrupted yesterday, or you need anything from us, please give us a call or drop us an email and we'll be happy to help.

04/09/2026

⚽ Thinking about booking football hospitality for your business?

Before you start ordering the prawn sandwiches, there’s something you need to know…

Taking clients to the match might be great for business relationships, but HMRC isn’t necessarily going to let you claim the cost back. 🚨

❌ No Corporation Tax relief on business entertaining
❌ Usually no VAT recovery
👥 Staff hospitality can be treated very differently

And when clients and staff are mixing together, things get a little more complicated.

So before you book that executive box, know the tax rules and budget accordingly.

Because football already provides enough surprises without HMRC joining in. 😂

👉 Read our latest blog for the full lowdown:

Business owners often assume that football hospitality aims to generate business, so they believe the costs are tax deductible. This isn't usually the case

31/07/2026

Well… we didn’t quite take the top prize this time, but Team Whitesides came a respectable 6th place in the pub quiz! 🍻🧠

Bring on the next quiz night! 🎉

03/04/2026

It was a busy day at Whitesides yesterday!

First the annual Easter egg hunt, resulting in some well deserved chocolate goodies 🐣

In the evening it was off to the Malt Brewhouse for the pub quiz, which was the first event in this year's 'Whitesides Cup'🏆

It was closely fought, but team 'Accumulated Depression' came out as overall winners, with 'The Witty Committee' in 4th.

After round 1 of the Whitesides Cup, the scores are....
Accumulated Depression: 5
The Witty Committee: 0